After this busy but wonderful holiday weekend, I know that you’ll really enjoy putting together this retro floral thank you card! It’s a relaxing, straightforward watercolor and illustration project, which makes it great for new artists who want to create something cool. As an added bonus, you can send it to the Santa (or Santas) in your life to show your appreciation for any gifts that you receive!Continue reading…

Before phones, email, and internet, letter writing was the way to communicate! Inevitably, however, letter writing has lost its place as the most popular mode of communication. It is much more convenient and efficient to give someone a quick call or write them an email. The disadvantage of electronic correspondence is the loss of personal touch: emails, calls, Facebook messages, and texts are intangible, and most will fall by the wayside as the days pass. That’s where letters really shine: they capture a piece of the author with handwriting, ink choice, stationery, and enclosures. For that reason, letters stand the test of time — and they make the recipient feel very special! In today’s blog post, we’re going to examine how to write a standard and simple yet elegant letter.Continue reading…

Modern calligraphy is a fun and useful hobby; there are few people out there who won’t appreciate a beautifully addressed envelope or a neatly written note! Many people would like to learn how to create swoon-worthy lettering, but the vast number of calligraphy supplies available may make the pastime intimidating for a calligraphy beginner. So, if you’re a beginner or if you know a beginner, this post is for you! In it, you’ll learn about supplies you can buy to make for a smooth and enjoyable introduction to this wonderful art.Continue reading…

I receive a lot of questions about how to waterproof paper (and, more importantly, the calligraphy written on it!), so I thought I’d address a couple of ways to go about it in this blog post! Today, you’ll learn a couple of different ways to waterproof paper/envelopes; and we’ll also discuss whether waterproofing is vital to your envelope calligraphy endeavors.Continue reading…

Calligraphy papers and calligraphy inks are, well, kind of like people: some of them pair beautifully and complement each other well. Others can tolerate each other, but you wouldn’t consider them a match made in heaven. And some just don’t mesh at all! In this blog post, we’ll talk about some of the best calligraphy papers and the inks that interact well with them so you can make informed buying decisions, and help your supplies live in harmony.Continue reading…

There are two kinds of envelopes in this world: envelopes that lend themselves beautifully to calligraphy (“calligraphy envelopes”), and envelopes that are best-suited to other mediums (“everything else envelopes”). Naturally, if you’re learning calligraphy and you wish to use your skills for snail mail, you’ll want to make sure you have a few calligraphy envelopes on hand. The question, then, is how do you identify calligraphy envelopes vs. everything else envelopes? Well, as you may have guessed, that’s the very issue we’re examining today!Continue reading…

Yesterday, I was scouring my imagination {and my Pinterest} for blog post ideas, when suddenly a topic fell into my lap. A gracious reader, Martha, sent an email requesting a blog post comparing different types of paper. I found this to be a brilliant suggestion because the world of paper can be scary to navigate, especially if you’re a beginning artist, designer, or calligrapher! It can be difficult to know which type of paper to use for what, and even to understand the difference between certain papers.Continue reading…

If you’ve been following TPK on Facebook or Instagram, you know that I’ve been drawing on black paper for the past two weeks working on my chalk-style illustration booklet/kit for Quarto Publishing. The kit will be available on Amazon and in various brick-and-mortar stores late summer of this year, but I couldn’t wait that long to write a blog post over this — actually, very fun — activity.Continue reading…

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YOU + A BRUSH PEN = GORGEOUS LETTERING

Learn brush pen calligraphy from scratch with the new Kaitlin Style Calligraphy worksheets + videos. Kaitlin Style is a whimsical, artistic way of lettering that's perfect for making word art, decorated envelopes, and signs!